A UN fact-finding mission says there are reasonable grounds to believe US strikes inside Iran, including one on a school, constitute war crimes.
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A United Nations fact-finding mission has concluded there are "reasonable grounds" to believe the United States committed war crimes in two airstrikes inside Iran. The strikes killed scores of Iranian civilians, including a mass-casualty attack on a school for which Washington has yet to claim responsibility. The mission's report, released Thursday, marks the first formal UN determination that US military operations in Iran may constitute war crimes. The findings add to mounting international pressure on the Trump administration, which has pursued what analysts describe as an aggressive campaign of norm-busting war-fighting, with the president repeatedly threatening to hit civilian infrastructure. The UN mission also found that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their forceful crackdown on anti-government protests earlier this year. Meanwhile, a senior adviser to President Trump said Thursday that the president is working to end the months-long war and is a "person who delivers."
Sources: 1. Axios: UN mission finds reasonable grounds to believe U.S. committed war crimes in Iran — https://www.axios.com/2026/09/17/iran-war-crimes-un-mission-finds (src1) 2. CBS News: U.N. experts say U.S. may have committed war crimes with 2 Iran strikes — https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-un-war-crimes-iran-deal/ (src2) 3.